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I thought I’d share with you all a little tip that was actually the catalyst for modern day aromatherapy.

This morning I burnt my hand on the oven, a stupid move yes but rather than just holding the burn under cold running water for 10 minutes like we’ve all been told to do I covered the burn with lavender oil after doing so.

I have to say, the stinging sensation subsided more quickly with the oil than the cold water which is also a big bonus!!

Lavender is a natural antiseptic as well as a de-toxifier and so any scarring that may have occurred would be prevented with its use. It’s also a fantastic mood tonic and so if you’re in shock with the injury you’ve incurred, it aids the recovery rate quite dramatically.

If you’re going to have one essential oil in your homes, this is definitely the one the have. Another tip….wear oven gloves!

Thai Yoga Massage……the beginnings

After completing week one of Thai massage which focuses on the front of the body I’m already brimming with a wealth of knowledge that I never thought I’d have.

The classes here are ridiculously intense but that’s not to say they aren’t fun because they are. The teachers are always on hand to correct, observe and help you apply the right amount of pressure which at first is a feat in itself! Two hours at the end of the day called “freestyle” are there to make you practice, practice and practice some more because if you don’t you’ll never gt the hang of some of the more complex stretches they teach.

I’m pleased to say I passed the first exam with a 98% and a comment from the teacher that left me beaming all weekend; I believe it bodes well when your Thai massage instructor tells you you have great pressure.

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Leaving Asia

And so, as my time closes on my trip to Thailand, psyching myself up for the long trip home (both mental and physical) I’m feeling rather reflective. Not only have I had some amazing life experiences and met some wonderful people which I hope will be around longer than this trip, but I’ve learnt the ancient tradition of Thai massage.

Thais use massage as part of their life routine, not just for accumulating aches and pains because by constantly working on the body they’re promoting a great sense of health and most importantly well being. Energy channels in the body are being “flushed out” and therefore function properly, pressure points are being manipulated and so pain is alleviated and the whole massage itself reacts with the nervous system, as does Western massage, to slow it down and relax into deeper breathing.

My reflection is partly founded on whether Thai massage will have the same effect when I come to use it back in the UK; will my clients appreciate the different pressure that Thai massage gives, will they feel it a being a relaxing experience or will they feel the long lasting after effects that it so often gives?

Hopefully time will tell. I’m very excited to bring this ancient tradition back with me, along with cases of tiger balm and multiple mosquito bites.

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National Sickie Day

It’s National sickie day today; the day most likely after the whole Christmas, New Year and January blues shebang for people to be most genuinely sick OR to pull a sickie!

Why don’t we combat genuine illnesses with a touch of ginger. Hot water and ginger is an instant pick me up, it’s great for stomach and digestion problems, colds and nausea. It’s also claimed to be a natural slimming aid.

(Don’t consume more than 4grams of ginger per day. Research suggests it may lead to ulcers and not to be ingested with aspirin)

As an essential oil, I’d use this in my massage for muscular aches and pains; the aroma is just wonderful and the oil warming on tired muscles.

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That February Feeling

Why is it that we only really feel truly human and out of hibernation when we step into March? Still exhausted from December, Christmas, New Year and of course the long slog that is January, we should feel a bit of a pick me up by now. I sometimes think that February is a bit like purgatory…we’re starting to see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel (and earlier in the morning) but not enough that we feel we can pull ourselves out of the wintery long haul.

However, over the weekend as I was walking around Muswell Hill I saw the first of the crocuses come through. Spring isn’t too far around the corner hurrah!! It’s still cold though I hear you say? Well I’ve found something that can help.

Since coming back from Thailand (more blogs on that to follow!) I’ve had a slight obsession with all things citrus. Lemon, lemongrass, grapefruits, limes and kaffir lime, which is commonly used in traditional dishes and cosmetic products are not just wonderfully aromatic but they really do affect your mood. Citrus is associated with emotional invigoration; it heightens ones sense of joy, cheerfulness and is a great positive all round boost. It’s used to promote self confidence, alertness, calmness and tranquillity as well as countering negative feelings of depression, grief and exhaustion.

I’ve been incorporating grapefruit and bergamot into my massages; the aromas are fantastic and so calming for both the clients and myself. When I drop a text the next day to find out how they’re feeling it’s met with “great, invigorated, energized” which as much as that may be the massage, it’s also the power of citrus.

Three point plan to a happy back

Sometimes I think massage therapists are like hairdressers and psychologists and sales assistants and yoga instructors and, well, anyone who generally listens in their day to day job. Listening is such an important part of my job because a lot of the stresses my clients carry aren’t communicated. These stresses in turn build up and create tension in common areas of the body. It’s not only agonising but the consistency of the pains can end up being really debilitating.

I see quite a few clients who have these problems and from talking to them further I’ve found a few issues they share;

1. Office Jobs/Computitis – (I thought I made up this term but found it on the urban dictionary: quote 1)The state in which a person at a computer can no longer see the screen clearly nor can they move their fingers correctly.2) when a person is sick of being at a computer.) I believe the term should be “An unnaturally long attachment to a technical device”. People who work in an office don’t move about as much, whether it be because of important deadlines or the nature of the industry, they’re bound to their desks and spend up to 8 hours sitting in front of a computer.

2. Bad Posture – As soon as a client sits down to fill out a confidentiality form I analyse their posture to see why they might be experiencing strains. Many don’t sit with a straight back and their shoulders are up to their ears.

3. Lack of exercise – Once you’re done with a long day at the office, motivation to go for a run outside or spend time in the gym tends to go out the window.

Here are three points to help alleviate common back pains:

1. Get up more from your desk. Maybe offer to do the tea run, get up to the printer every time you print something off rather than waiting to collect a wad of documents or talk to the person on the other side of the office rather than using the internal communication network.

2. Stretch. You’ll see from one of my previous posts a great stretch to do at your desk. If you imagine being in the same position all the time, stretch in the opposite direction to counteract the tension. This will also help your posture.

3. Exercise. I’m a huge advocate of exercise and regularly practice yoga. This isn’t for everyone but there are so many different forms of moving from running to dancing, tennis to football that you can find something to suit you. If you want to strengthen your core then pilates is also a fantastic way to do so which will help postural problems.

If I didn’t listen to my clients, I would never find these common themes and issues that so many people go through.

Royal July, baby blues?

Over the past few years the Royals really have given us something of a tabloid fix. From weddings to a Jubilee and now the birth of our future King us Brits, in fact the world over, have been thoroughly Royally indulged.

The birth of the little Prince was also quite special to me but for a very different reason. On the same day, within just a few minutes of the time of delivery, I was walking down the isle in sunny Italy towards my now husband. At the time we were non the wiser but thanks to wifi and a few curious guests we found out courtesy of the Daily Mail Online on the evening of the 22nd July that the baby had stolen our thunder.

Fast forward 27 hours…Kate and Wills are papped leaving the hospital and the tabloids, more specifically a famous UK magazine come up against some serious backlash for referring to Kate’s baby weight loss. Again 27 hours after giving birth!

I’m yet to have a baby, (I sometimes think I’m not old enough at 28!) but over half of my clients are pregnant and I couldn’t imagine the pressure that this not only puts onto people in the public eye but also us mere mortals. The conversations I’ve had with a few of them suggest that even at 6, 7 or 8 months they’re already thinking about when they’ll lose weight after birth. Magazines are full of diet tips, exercise regimes, “results in 6 weeks!” that promote rapid weight-loss after birth but there are some celebrities that are now hitting back. Reese Witherspoon recently said “it looks 9 months to get to [that] stage, why shouldn’t it take at least 9 months to get back?” Model Molly Sims claimed “Priorities change, weight is irrelevant when you have a baby. You have so much more to worry about.”

Conducting my baby massage classes confirms this statement whole heartedly. There’s so much more to life than weight and appearance. When mums come up to me after class and say “what you taught last week helped my baby’s colic” or “my baby’s now sleeping because of the massage routine” just confirms why I love what I do.

I’d never be one to advise or preach having never been through pregnancy or child birth. I’d just hope that if/when I do get to that stage of my life that pressures aren’t as strong and unfortunately, I think all eyes will be on Kate to lead the way to change people’s perceptions on losing weight and revolutionise the unrealistic celebrity culture we all seem to feed in to.

My first massage presentation, not as bad as I thought it was going to be

I wanted to share a presentation I did this week at a networking group I attend. Presentations are out of my comfort zone but I have to say once pushed beyond your limits, it’s amazing what you can do.

Here it is..enjoy

If I go back far enough, I knew I always wanted to help people. At school we had career advisors and it was always the therapies that stood out for me. I looked into psychology, physiotherapy, psychiatry…..I remember shadowing a physio for a week when I was 15 at my local hospital in Manchester, so no, I’m not entirely sure either how I ended up in the events industry for 4 years post university. You may be thinking well, her degree must have been somewhat relevant to therapy but, alas, you’d be barking up the wrong tree. I studied classical literature. The only link I can make is a tenuous one so bare with me…..

Like Homers Odysseus I too was lost and far away from home (my massage calling!) I’d fought battles and won against, well maybe not the cyclops but if you’d seen my old events boss you could do a double take, and been enticed by the sirens who paid me a steady wage each month. But eventually, after 4 years of straying off course and in the interlude, actual traveling round the world I came back to where I was meant to be. And so starts my massage odyssey and training.

I started my training at the London college of massage where I completed my anatomy and physiology exams as well as my long course in deep tissue massage which took 9 months and a lot of case studies. In the months to follow I then completed some shorter courses in Indian head massage, hot stone treatments at the london school of complimentary health and pregnancy and baby instructor massage at the london school of massage. This was rounded off at the end of last year with a two month trip to Thailand where I studied intensively Thai yoga massage. 9-5 Monday to Friday at the international Thai massage school.

I know it sounds like a lot, but each course provided me with not only more techniques but it opened up different client bases.

Deep tissue massage is probably my most popular therapy. The people who see me for this tend to be in a lot of pain or discomfort from either a sports related injury or on the other end of the scale, from sitting at a desk too long and leading quite a sedentary lifestyle. Deep tissue massage isn’t the same as sports massage, even if most of the techniques are the same. Sports therapy looks into rehabilitation for a particular injury and is specific whereas what I do gives a more immediate relief and is more general to the affected area.

Pregnancy massage is quite self explanatory. I have to stress at this point massage can only be conducted after the first trimester which is 12-13 weeks due to health risks. Now, don’t take this the wrong way, I care about all of my clients, but my pregnant clients are quite often the reason I wake up in the mornings. I had a client last week who was 8 months and she’s having a particularly bad pregnancy. After the hour was up, she said that was the most relief she’s felt in 8 months. I can’t begin to tell you how humbling it was to hear that. In fact, pregnancy massage tends to give me the most referrals.

Following on nicely from this is baby instructor massage; I teach parents in either one to one classes or small groups of no more than 6 how to massage their babies. I could go on for more than 10 minutes alone about the benefits of baby massage but as a brief summary it’s great for sleep deprivation (both yours and baby’s!) teething, colic, bonding and learning and development. The sessions take place in people’s houses – it could be one host or they may want to change it weekly. One to one sessions are 3 consecutive weeks and group sessions are 4.

I’m going to group Indian head massage and hot stone therapy together as they’re both holistic treatments and considered more luxurious therapies. In short, they’re pretty ronseal; Indian head focuses on the head shockingly and hot stones are used in hot stone treatments. The benefits though for both are amazing. They lower blood pressure, induce deep sleep, help anxiety and depression, increase circulation, the list goes on.

And finally, Thai yoga massage. This is a completely different treatment altogether because Unlike the other therapies mentioned where oil is used with skin to skin contact, Thai massage is a fully clothed massage. It’s based on the yoga principles of stretching and it can actually increase a persons flexibility just by having a massage.

There always seems to be a therapy to suit everyone and I’m thankful I’ve had to opportunity to be able to learn so many treatments. I’m Sam and your bodies are still my business.

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Achoo…Bless you!!

In the winter months there are constant changes in temperature – from your toasty warm home to the whipping winds outside, to the comforting car or roasting cramped tube, back to the chilly outdoors and finally (phew!) into your frozen/boiling office….and then doing it all over again in reverse. It can really start to take a toll on your health and before you know it, you’re dosing up on cough and cold syrups, tablets and sachets and the pink fuzzy hot water bottle is your new best friend.

This is generally the time where I hear “but it’s fine, I just drank a whole carton of orange juice so I’m sorted.” It doesn’t quite work like that. In fact, studies have shown that vitamin C doesn’t prevent a cold and certainly doesn’t prevent the flu. It may reduce the length of time you have a cold but, lets face it, at the time you just don’t want to have one at all! If you do already have a cold though and want to try something different (and more effective) then check out these top tips:

- When having a hot bath, put in a couple of drops each of eucalyptus, tea tree and lemon. You’ll be able to breathe in no time.

- For steam inhalation (head over bowl, towel over head, deep breathing) use the above but one drop only of each….you don’t want your eyes to sting!

- Using either tiger balm (my favourite) or vicks vapour rub (just as good) place your thumbs in the middle of your forehead in between your eyebrows and sweep up to your hairline and down to your temples, circling a few times into your temples. This encourages a good night sleep and isn’t too overpowering. Some people put a little under their nose but this can often feel like a burning sensation and is really uncomfortable.

- Again using your trusty tiger balm/vicks rub a little into your fingers and from the middle of your breast bone in a straight line up to your collarbone massage into your skin in a corkscrew motion (mini circles) the quicker you massage, the more heat you generate which can shift catarrh faster.

Like anything though the best way to dodge a cold is to have a healthy balanced diet and exercise routine. The stronger your immune system, the less likely you are to get run down. Get plenty of sleep, recent studies have claimed 7 hours is enough and try to keep stress to a minimum. Stress can have a negative knock on effect to our immune system so try that yoga or pilates class you’ve been putting off.

NB: the above is also applicable for man flu

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Happy New Year!

As always, January is the time we tend to change the things that we’ve been reflecting on at the end of the previous year. To change the possible rut we’ve found ourselves in and get our lives into gear. We want to quit smoking, we want to live a healthier life, we want to get fit and maybe set ourselves a physical challenge like a marathon or epic bike ride or even the three peaks. In fact, the top three resolutions are:

Lose weight

Get fit

Eat healthier

I always have grand ideas of what my resolutions may be for the coming year. Last year I wanted to run a marathon….I barely cranked up to 10K. 2012 I thought of the London to Brighton bike ride before realising I don’t actually like bikes. This year though I’m going to be more realistic; a half marathon may not be so bad and I’ll have over 6 months to get my muscles used to the change. If you are thinking of doing something challenging massage really can help with the following:

- Breaks down scar tissue and adhesions which build up the more you exercise

- Reduces risk of injury by improving the range of motion in muscles

If you’re new to exercise, massage is a great way to ease you in, you may feel a little sore when you first start out so this will help no end. if you’re ramping up your training then it’s great for maintenance. It could even improve your running/cycling times you’re working towards! Good luck with your goals….we’re all in this together.